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Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM)
NREM 5443 Watershed Hydrology and Water Quality Description: Processes that comprise the hydrologic cycle and how land use affects those processes and the quantity and quality of water from watersheds, focusing on surface water from forest, range and agricultural watersheds. Measurement and evaluation of water quantity and quality. Intended for graduate students new to the water resources field. No credit for students having completed NREM 4443. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5452 Pond Management Prerequisites: BIOL 1114. Description: Principles and practice of aquatic plant management, pond construction and maintenance, fish population management, and human factors associated with pond ownership and management. No credit for students with degree credit in NREM 4452. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
NREM 5483 Ecohydrology Prerequisites: Ecology course strongly recommended.
Description: Concepts, framework and challenges in ecohydrology. Soil water control on vegetation structure, function and distribution. Vegetation feedback on water budget in water limited ecosystems. Ecological and hydrological interaction associated with land use, land cover change and climate variability. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5493 Social Dimensions in Aquatic Ecology Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Role of humans as implementers of policy, as users of resources, and as scientists in aquatic ecology. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5513 Applied Wildlife Behavior Description: Importance of wildlife behavior to Individual survival, reproduction, and implications for population ecology, community ecology, conservation, and management. Wildlife Is broadly defined In this class; topics Include habitat selection, dispersal, & migration. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Other: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Discussion, Combined lecture & discussion, Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5523 Population Ecology Prerequisites: BIOL 3034, MATH 1513. Description: Theory and principles of predicting and analyzing population abundance and dynamics. Life history theory, foraging theory, habitat selection, population genetics, and species interactions. Same course as BIOL 5523. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5530 Special Topics in Wildlife Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Advanced study on special topics in Wildlife. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
NREM 5453 Aquaculture Prerequisites: BIOL 1114.
Description: Introduction to the principles of freshwater finfish production with an emphasis on warm water species. No credit for student having completed NREM 4453. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5463 Stream Restoration and Management Description: Streams and associated riparian areas and their functions in maintaining water quantity and quality and providing aquatic habitat. Fluvial geomorphology, stream assessment and classification, riparian area functions and management, and concepts and comparison of methods of stream restoration. Field measurements of stream and riparian characteristics. Two overnight field trips required. No credit for students having completed NREM 4463. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 2 Lab: 2 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lab, Lecture, Combined lecture and lab Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt NREM 5473 Stream Ecology Prerequisites: Course in ecology strongly recommended. Description: Ecology of streams and rivers, physical and chemical properties, biotic assemblages and interactions, ecosystem processes and theories and human impact. Two day field trip required at additional costs to students. Previously offered as NREM 5464. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Natural Res Eco & Mgmt
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